Leadership Delaware reveals Class of 2022

WILMINGTON — Leadership Delaware, Inc. announced the members of its next class of fellows on Monday.
Leadership Delaware annually selects Delaware’s “best and brightest” young leaders to join its program, program leaders said in a statement.

In the year-long program, participants meet and hear from more than 150 speakers, each prominent and accomplished Delaware leaders, who present on topics including the government, healthcare, education, finance and banking, the nonprofit sector, corporate governance, agriculture, energy, and more.

The program was created to challenge its participants to rise to ever higher levels of impact and accomplishment in each of the following three areas: their career field and profession, the nonprofit sector, and government and politics.

After an intense, challenging, and competitive application and interview process, the interview committee selected thirty of the best and brightest candidates.

The 14th LDI class is the largest class in the organization’s history. This year, LDI experienced record-breaking numbers with 147 candidates and 74 applications.

“LDI is proud of the incoming class of 30 Fellows that will begin their year long journey to expand their knowledge and influence of all things Delaware in January of 2022,” said Jennifer Cohan, LDI’s CEO.

LDI’s Class of 2022 is made up of a diverse of men and women, each with different backgrounds and talents from all over the state.

Among the thirty new fellows, there is an equal split among women and men, with ages ranging from 26-45 years old. To learn more about these exceptional leaders, along with the program’s alumni, visit.

LDI Class of 2022 Fellows include:

Nadira Alston - Exelon.

Marsha Auld-Saunders - CSC

Katherine Belford - NERDiT NOW

CJ Bell - New Castle County Executive’s Office

Timothy Boyle - M&T Bank

Brian Brown – The Chemours Company

Himani Divatia - ChristianaCare

Jennalee Fede, PE - Duffield Associates

Gabrielle (Gigi) Gaul - Wilmington University

Matt Georgov - Choice MedWaste

Jonathan Horner, Esq - Schell Brothers & Ocean Atlantic Companies

Jessica Jordan - The Carlin Collaborative

Liz Keller - Delaware Tourism Office

Tyler Kuhn - Dover FCU

Emily Leach - Visa Inc

Sarah Lester - Cornerstone West CDC

Hector Maldonado-Reis - Delaware Data Innovation Lab

Devon Malfitano - CompassRed

Hersh Patel, M.D., M.B.A. - ChristianaCare

Gerald Penrose - Longwood Foundation

Rose C. Porter - KAVI Wellness Healing Arts

Robert Redden-Huff - ChristianaCare

Gene Reid - New Castle County Police

Betsy Renzo - Community Education Building

Lindsay Richard - Carl M. Freeman Foundation, Joshua M. Freeman Foundation

Lindsey Sanford - RadNet

Kyle Sheppard - The Laffey-McHugh Foundation

Andrew Vierzba - Delaware Air National Guard

Edward M. Wilson, III - Incyte

Brenda A. M. Wise - State of Delaware - Office of Management and Budget